The document discusses labor laws in Italy regarding apprenticeships and right of precedence. It states that an employee who has worked for over 6 months on fixed-term contracts for the same company has the right to an open-ended contract for the next 12 months for the same work. Apprenticeship contracts in Italy are defined as open-ended agreements aimed at training and employing young people. Employers have an obligation to provide necessary training to obtain professional skills. The document also addresses whether hiring a fixed-term worker as an apprentice respects their right of precedence, depending on if they have the qualifications of the apprenticeship contract.

1. Apprenticeship
&
Right of Precedence
ITALY

2. Art. 24 c. 3
Legislative Decree
81/2015
Article 1
"Except as otherwise provided in collective agreements, a worker
who has worked for more than six months in the performance of one
or more fixed-term contracts for the same firm, has the right of
precedence for an open-ended contract within the next 12 months
with reference to the tasks already carried out in the execution of
fixed-term contract. "
Apprenticeship
Article 41, paragraph 1 of the
Decree defines the
apprenticeship agreement as
“an open-ended contract
aimed at the training and
employment of young people”.

3. Employer's
obligations
To give to the
employee the
necessary training to
obtain professional
skills.
Observance of the right of precedence
former Article 24 Legislative Decree 81/2015
YESNO
Hiring as an apprentice and
activation of the
apprenticeship contract
when the fixed-term worker
does NOT have
professional qualification of
the apprenticeship contract
( and he is in possession
of the personal data
requirements)Continuation of the
apprentice's business
collaboration at the end
of the training period
In the case of a new hiring as an
apprentice, when the fixed-term
worker already has the professional
qualification of the contract
It does NOT concern a new
hiring